Chris Anderson

Every minute as per the instructions above.

@Charles Does this integrate with Clubs? A lot of online courses will have a special Facebook group for after taking the course. That could either be a private forum or a private club.

It's probably asking for too much. But, a way to generate a certificate of some sorts could be cool. Think LinkedIn Learning, a way to share it too across social channels.

Live Topics can create Events so sounds like we just need to integrate Events with Courses. 

Thanks for letting us know you find these valuable 🙂 

@Andy MillneCould you please update this app to be compatible with 4.7.

this is one i would disagree on. the documentation states this:
so this tells me that my hook is being extended by the compiled theme class, which looks like this:

any developer worth their weight in salt, would come to the same conclusion that calling a parent in an overloaded method, should not be a problem. its a basic feature of OOP in php. so i would still argue that the problem is an engineering one inside the framework. 
this is why i get extremely frustrated with IPS. its a substantial investment on my part to be apart of the third party community (renewal fees + time), then to be told that a lot of the support issues IPS faces if from third party and frankly a lot of that is on IPS hands. you give us almost no tools, no real sdk (like example or boilerplate code), IDE plugins, cli generators, etc, that a lot of free frameworks will have available.  like most of the "incompatibilities" created by third party i've ever run into in IPS could be eradicated with with included developer tools like a  proxy class generator or a way for hooks to be understood by IDE's. 
sure i understand IPS isn't a multibillion company and doesn't have the resources to develop like a IDE plugin for its framework, but most of the other things i mentioned, i was able to create without any of that and i'm just one guy with a linux PC and a deskcat. 
any way, i'm not even suppose to be here today!

 

I'm adding multi-day events but each day has varying hours.  For now I'm just listing the start of day 1 and end of the last day but it would be better to allow specifying hours for each day when applicable as these venues aren't open 24/7 and it isn't very efficient to add an Event per day to achieve this, not to mention each Event being considered unique and taking up duplicate space on your Upcoming Events block/list.

Yes, CKEditor claim to have resolved the issue, so we're going to allow Grammarly again and see how it goes.

A meting booking functionality would be great. It's basically like the current daily calendar with the ability to RSVP, but instead there would be the option to do so in a, for instance, hourly fashion.

@Elliot MarxEach self-hosted customer will utilize this software in completely different ways. Very few of us use the platform "as is", we tweak this, we tweak that, we install a multitude of marketplace or custom apps and then our customers (and bad actors) abuse our sites in every conceivable way. We also tend try to run our sites on hosting platforms that aren't "really" setup to accommodate this platform, or if so, not always well.
The IPS programmers and testers do think outside of the box but its next to impossible to guess how every site will be configured and if there might any underlying problems with a site. So, they create upgrade scripts that will work well on "healthy" default installs.  When an upgrade fails it is more likely than not to be attributable to something from the above paragraph.
The more details you can provide IPS (and any customer who might lend a hand) about how you setup the IPS suite and your customers use it the more likely they might hit upon some workarounds to get your site up and running again and prepare you for upcoming upgrades.
One wonders about the number of tables created and prefixes.  What led to their creation in the first place? What has been your upgrade path over the last year or so? The more clues you can provide, the better chance one can deduce what the underlying problem(s) might be. 

Support for CKE4 ends in 2023. I hope you are already working on migrating to CKE5.
The FA4 framework from 2017 should also be updated or completely removed and replaced with SVG icons.
 

The latest November 2022 Release video, Charles mentioned some new features that are being planned, such as paid events and RSVP like tickets.
With that in mind, could you add a reserve list to the RSVP when there are limited spaces?  So that when someone drops out, the next member on the reserve list takes their place and the system sends them a notification.
My community would hugely benefit from this as members plan their own small events which have limited spaces and there are nearly always others wanting to join if someone who has said they are going but later cant make it and drop out.  It would really help with organising these events and make it fair for others.
 

I believe it's time to improve the look of the profile area especially user and group names.

Everything looks nice in the profile area but these two. I know that you guys do can better and can make an amazing improvement in here. 🙂 @Ehren

Hi ips staff, there already so many feedbacks for clubs, would be great if you can share if some improvements coming soon. 

While you are still tweaking the Events app, please add settings for the various new sections. I’m sure they make perfect sense for Lego’s international community, but they will not work for many other communities. For example, a community for a local organization might never ever need the “events near you“ feature or location search. 
Search section: show/hide In your area: show/hide Also: mode (overview/monthly/weekly/daily) could be a choice of options just like we can choose the view modes for forums. 

Please let’s add hybrid events with a physical address and a link to a broadcast.

@Fosters Is it possible to add additional fields to the Medals?
I am using it to display certifications and I would need to set a date and a link...

I actually thought this was a bug here:
So adding my support to get this feature added to the calendar.  Seems like a super basic calendar feature to have anymore.

Praise be!  My community has almost a million private messages from over 20 years.  One thing that would be handy to have is the ability to remove PMs from those who have not been active in XX time. 

Happy Hump Day, team! Shout-out to @nodle for being a big fan of these posts. 👏 
In today's community management hump day topic, I wanted to chat about one of the most powerful ways you can inspire kindness throughout your community. Kindness is an essential ingredient to a successful community. 😌 I know it's a little cheesy, but it's important.
Some times you may experience negative players attempting to derail your day because, well... misery loves company. In my experience, one of the most profound ways to fight toxicity in an online community is by... not fighting at all. Instead, it’s by offering kindness to those who need it the most. That’s done through understanding, outreach and personal displays of vulnerability. 
 

Like a drop of ink in a glass of water, a troll's negativity spews throughout the community (and possibly other communities) in such a profound way that it dissuades others from participating. The compounding effect of their flippant responses, snide remarks, sarcasm, arguments and attacks ultimately creates chaos. 
Fight the ick with understanding, compassion and vulnerability. The act of opening up to an anonymous person in need not only can inspire them to change, but it opens a door towards further self-discovery. 
Being vulnerable with your members also empowers them and you.
Next time you notice a toxic member’s pattern regarding how they post, remember there is more that meets the eye. Hurt people hurt people, so take the opportunity to be kind, practice being vulnerable and watch your community blossom. 
How do YOU battle toxicity in your Invision communities? Sound off in the comments below.
As always, here is a list of changes made to the platform in the last seven days. Nicely done, team!
PS - I have an exciting blog post on the way. Stay tuned. 🙃

One additional follow up comment on this after using it for a couple weeks. 
I hate it and it makes no sense to me. When people in my community search for something, they couldn't care less which part of the site it comes from. they want information about the topic of the search. Plus, they have no clue that my platform, IPS, has different sections titled Pages, Topics, etc...
We need the ability to tailor this search bar to our own needs. 

Another suggestion, @Matt.
 Make this message visible to everyone:

 
Transparency never hurts and will certainly avoid posts and messages asking to update.
Currently it shows only to file submitter (and staff).

One more thing. A quick shout out to @Adriano Faria who first thing this morning, and I mean first thing, was hammering out update notices on all of his apps. He's the only one that I've seen all day. I hope they all get approved quickly, but kudos for the immediate intervention. I hope that the other devs are also pushing updates, especially on the big apps that so many of us use!

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